



Belleville, New Jersey
Belleville, NJ Profile
Belleville, NJ, population 35,928 , is located
in New Jersey's Essex county,
about 4.2 miles from Newark and 5.9 miles from Jersey City.
In the 90's the population of Belleville has grown by about 5%.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Belleville area were lower than New Jersey's average.
The same data shows violent crime levels to be lower than the New Jersey average.
Belleville Statistics
Belleville Gender Information
Males in Belleville: 17,330 (48%)
Females in Belleville: 18,598 (52%)
As % of Population in Belleville
Race Diversity in Belleville
White: 69%
African American: 5%
Asian: 11%
Other/Mixed: 15%
As % of Population in Belleville
Age Diversity in Belleville
Median Age in Belleville: 36.2 (Males in Belleville: 34.7, Females in Belleville: 37.8)
Belleville Males Under 20: 12%
Belleville Females Under 20: 12%
Belleville Males 20 to 40: 16%
Belleville Females 20 to 40: 16%
Belleville Males 40 to 60: 12%
Belleville Females 40 to 60: 14%
Belleville Males Over 60: 7%
Belleville Females Over 60: 10%
Economics in Belleville
Belleville Household Average Size: 2.6 people
Belleville Median Household Income: $ 48,576
Belleville Median Value of Homes: $ 148,500
Law Enforcement in Belleville
Reported crimes in the Belleville area during 2003:
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter: 1
Forcible rape: 11
Robbery: 42
Aggravated assault: 79
Violent crime events per 100,000 people: 369
Burglary: 230
Larceny-theft: 503
Motor vehicle theft: 312
Arson: 2
Property crime events per 100,000 people: 2,897
Belleville Location Information
Elevation: 140 feet above sea level.
Land Area: 3.3 Square Miles.
Water Area: 0.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Belleville
North Arlington 1.0 Miles
Kearny 1.8 Miles
Lyndhurst 1.9 Miles
Nutley 2.0 Miles
Bloomfield 2.1 Miles
Glen Ridge 2.9 Miles
East Newark 3.2 Miles
Rutherford 3.2 Miles
Harrison 3.3 Miles
East Orange 3.4 Miles
Big Cities Nearest Belleville
(Population 100,000+)
Newark 4.2 Miles
Jersey City 5.9 Miles
Paterson 8.6 Miles
New York 9.3 Miles
Elizabeth 9.5 Miles
Yonkers 16.2 Miles
Stamford 36.7 Miles
Bridgeport 55.7 Miles
Allentown 71.4 Miles
New Haven 73.0 Miles
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Facts
World annual cocaine consumption currently stands at around 600 metric tons, with the United States consuming around 300 metric tons, 50% of the total, Europe about 150 metric tons, 25% of the total, and the rest of the world the remaining 150 metric tons or 25%. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2006 World Drug Report, the United States has the world's greatest rate of cocaine consumption by people aged 15 to 64, 2.8%. It is closely followed by Spain with 2.7%, and England & Wales with 2.4%. Most Western European countries have a consumption rate between 1% and 2%. While emotional maltreatment is a form of all types of child abuse and neglect, socializing children into a methamphetamine culture is particularly emotionally abusive. Children are exposed to a world of drug use and the violence associated with it. Children of methamphetamine using and producing parents may be taught to lie to authorities to cover their parents activities, steal materials for methamphetamine manufacture, and even make and use methamphetamine. More indirectly, children are socialized into a methamphetamine drug culture by observing their parents' behaviors. They see their parents' paranoid, high, and violent behaviors, and learn to respond to distress, perceive help from authorities, and adopt coping skills consistent with such an environment. Child welfare workers should be aware of socializing children, because it may pose challenges to providing services and establishing the worker-child relationship. Treatment: A facility where recovering drug addicts learn about addiction, recovery and relapse while addressing misguided beliefs about self, others and their environment. Attending a Drug Abuse treatment program helps the recovering Drug Abuser make lifestyle changes, manage feelings and develop coping tools and drug refusal skills. In addition, they learn to identify relapse warning signs and challenge thoughts that may lead to relapse. Street dealers sell opium directly to the final link in the opium alliance, the addicts. Street dealers are often opium addicts who work independently, unaffiliated with any syndicate. They generally purchase opium from a kilo connection in packets known as bundles, which weigh about one ounce and cost roughly two hundred dollars. The street dealers divide the bundles into one-gram quantities called deals or bags. The most commonly distributed amount weighs one gram. Selling for ten dollars, it is known as a "dime bag." Occasionally a half-gram amount known as a "nickel bag," is sold for five dollars. Although opium may actually be packaged in bags, the preferred packaging is small party balloons. |
Drug Rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a place or program that an individual enters to treat a drug or alcohol addiction. Through therapy and education, the individual is restored to their former non-drug using self. They are then able to re-enter society clean and sober. There are many reasons why a person would need to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Some of the many reasons are: the inability to control their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, problems with the law, and problems at work. Also, there are several different types of drug rehabilitation programs available: inpatient, outpatient, residential, short-term, and long-term.
Residential Treatment
Residential treatment offers intensive drug addiction help over a period of weeks or months. This form of treatment has some advantages over out-patient treatment, although it may not be suitable for everyone. For example, those who are responsible for caring for young children may be better suited to attendance at an out patient treatment program. Residential treatment offers a safe, drug and alcohol-free environment where individuals can confront their own drug addiction and associated issues, with the help of qualified staff. Therapy usually consists of a mixture of group counseling, individual counseling and an introduction to the principles of a drug recovery program.
Sobriety
Sobriety means the moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs. When an individual with an addiction problem enters drug rehabilitation, their main goal is to attain long term sobriety. Unfortunately, sometimes drug addicts and alcoholics find they are able to sustain short periods of sobriety followed by a drug or alcohol relapse. This is why attending a drug or alcohol rehab will help the individual maintain their focus on sobriety. Often, it is only by getting help that individuals with severe drug addiction problems are able to achieve lasting sobriety.
Addiction Treatment
Addiction treatment is needed when an individual finds that they have developed a drug or alcohol addiction which they are not able to successful end on their own. With the help of addiction treatment, addicted individual can get help to control their drug taking behavior and live happy and successful lives. There are several addiction treatment options available for drug and alcohol addiction. Some of these options include self-help groups, counseling, drug rehabilitation programs (in and out-patient), and residential treatment facilities. Each of these differ
in their aims and outcomes and elements of these addiction treatment options are often
combined.
Addict
An addict is an individual who has a compulsive urge to use drugs, to the point where they feel they have no effective choice but to continue use. An addict will continue their self destructive behaviors in order to feel good or to avoid
feeling bad. It can dominate their mind, and keep them coming back for more. The addiction can be
different for each addict, depending on their vice and the kind of person they
are.
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